Date   : Wed, 30 Aug 1989 08:33:00 EDT
From   : <J_GRADY%UNHH.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject: Conversion of CP/M(?) files to MS-DOS

After seeing the discussion on file conversion, I'd thought I'd give my
current problem a shot.  Has anybody heard of an NEC PC 9801 and is it
a CP/M machine?  The basic situation is this; My boss is trying to put
together a book with various authors writing individual chapters.  One
hope of the publisher was to have all the chapters on disk (and in the
same format) so that the typesetting, etc. would be easier.  One of the
authors sent us his chapter on a 2SHD diskette from the NEC PC 9801,
using Wordstar version 4.0.  I called NEC here in the states and the
guy said that he's never heard of it and that the parent company in
Japan sells a completely different line of pc's.  If it is a CP/M machine
will any of the previously mentioned conversion software (Uniform, Media-
Master, 22DSK do the job?   I should mention, the only CP/M capable
machine we have is the DEC Rainbow, with the RX50 drives.  We have
several MS-DOS computers around, with both 360K and 1.2 MB drives avail-
able.  Please respond directly if possible.  Thanks.

John Grady
Chemistry Dept.
University of N.H
j_grady@unhh.bitnet